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The Appearance of Lord Varāha
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of a tamāla tree, and thus the sages, headed by Brahmā, could understand Him to be the Supreme Personality of Godhead and offered respectful obeisances unto the Lord.
TEXT 34
ऋषय ऊचुः
जितं जितं तेऽजित यज्ञमावन
त्रयीं तनुं स्वां परिधुन्वते नमः ।
यद्रोमगर्तेषु निलिल्युरद्धय-
स्तस्मै नमः कारणस्रकराय ते ॥३४॥
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ jitam jitam te 'jita yajña-bhāvana trayīm tanum svām paridhunvate namaḥ yad-roma-garteṣu nililyur addhayas tasmai namaḥ kāraṇa-sūkarāya te
ṛṣayaḥ ūcuḥ —the glorified sages uttered;  jitam —all glories;  jitam —all victories;  te —unto You;  ajita —O unconquerable one;  yajña-bhāvana —one who is understood by performances of sacrifice;  trayīm —personified  Vedas ;  tanum —such a body;  svām —own;  paridhunvate —shaking;  namaḥ —all obeisances;  yat —whose;  roma —hairs;  garteṣu —in the holes;  nililyuḥ —submerged;  addhayaḥ —the oceans;  tasmai —unto Him;  namaḥ —offering obeisances;  kāraṇa-sūkarāya —unto the hog form assumed for reasons;  te —unto You.
TRANSLATION
All the sages uttered with great respect: O unconquerable enjoyer of all sacrifices, all glories and all victories unto You! You are moving in Your form of the personified  Vedas , and in the hair holes of Your body the oceans are submerged. For certain reasons [to uplift the earth] You have now assumed the form of a boar.
PURPORT
The Lord can assume any form He likes, and in all circumstances He is the cause of all causes. Since His form is transcendental, He is always the Supreme Personality of Godhead, as He is in the Causal Ocean in the form of Mahā-Viṣṇu. Innumerable universes generate from the holes of His bodily hairs, and thus His transcendental body is the  Vedas  personified. He is the enjoyer of all sacrifices, and He is the unconquerable Supreme Personality of Godhead. He is never to be misunderstood to be other than the Supreme